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A Rohingya Muslim woman, who crossed over from Myanmar into Bangladesh, wails siting beside her relative who fell unconscious after the boat they were traveling in capsized at Shah Porir Dwip, Bangladesh, Thursday, Sept. 14, 2017. Nearly three weeks into a mass exodus of Rohingya fleeing violence in Myanmar, thousands were still flooding across the border Thursday in search of help and safety in teeming refugee settlements in Bangladesh. The woman survived. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

Fleeing Rohingya Muslims watch as homes burn in Myanmar

By Julhas Alam - Associated Press

FILE - In this file picture taken Friday, Jan. 20, 2017 from the balcony of the Abdul-Hamid Khatib home, people walk through mounds of rubble which used to be high rise apartment buildings in the once rebel-held Ansari neighborhood in the eastern Aleppo, Syria.(AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)

Russian event urges new look at Syria’s ‘liberated’ Aleppo

By JAMEY KEATEN - Associated Press

Kei Nishikori of Japan, returns a ball to Mischa Zverev of Germany during their semifinal match at the Geneva Open tennis tournament, in Geneva, Switzerland, Friday, May 26, 2017. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP)

Stan Wawrinka, Mischa Zverev advance to Geneva Open final

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UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura informs the media one day before the resumption of the negotiations between the Syrian government and the opposition, at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, May 15, 2017. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP)

Syrian activists: Airstrikes on IS-held areas kill dozens

By PHILIP ISSA and JAMEY KEATEN - Associated Press

This file image posted online on Sunday, Dec. 11, 2016, by the Aamaq News Agency, a media arm of the Islamic State group, purports to show a general view of the ancient ruins of the city of Palmyra, in Homs province, Syria, with the Citadel of Palmyra in the background. Syrian state media said on Thursday, March 2, 2017, that military forces have entered Palmyra in the quest to again take the town from the Islamic State group. (Amaq News Agency via AP, File)

Syrian troops clear explosives after taking Palmyra from IS

By ALBERT AJI - Associated Press

In this Wednesday, March 1, 2017 frame grab from video provided by the government-controlled Syrian Central Military Media, Syrian forces take up positions during fighting between Government forces and Islamic State group militants in the ancient city of Palmyra, near Homs, Syria. Syrian state media says government forces have reached the edge of Palmyra and are poised to reclaim the historic town from the Islamic State group. Arabic reads, &quot;Central Military Media, Homs, Syria.&quot; (Syrian Central Military Media, via AP)

The Latest: Geneva talks to focus on Syria transition Friday

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U.N. Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura, left, arrives for a meeting during Syria peace talks in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, Feb. 27, 2017. (Fabrice Coffrini/Pool Photo via AP)

Jets pound northwest Syria as Geneva meetings continue

By Philip Issa - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 14, 2016 file photo, a Syrian man carries a carpet through a devastated part of the town of Palmyra as families load their belongings onto buses in the central Homs province in Syria. Syrian media says a pair of attacks on two security locations in the central Syrian city of Homs killed at least 30 people. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)

In a blow, twin attacks on Syrian security kill at least 32

By SARAH EL DEEB - Associated Press

UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura, right, attends a meeting of Intra-Syria peace talks with Syrian government delegation at Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Saturday, Feb. 25, 2017. (Pierre Albouy/Pool Photo via AP)

Deadly insurgent attack in Homs weighs on UN-led Syria talks

By JAMEY KEATEN and DOMINIQUE SOGUEL - Associated Press

The Latest: Syrian opposition hints govt behind Homs attack

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UN Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria Staffan de Mistura informs the media one day before the resumption of the negotiation between the Syrian government and the opposition, at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017. Martial Trezzini/Keystone via AP)

The Latest: Turkish troops, fighters enter al-Bab center

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U.N. Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura gestures as he arrives to attend the talks on Syrian peace in Astana, Kazakhstan, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017. The face-to-face meeting in Kazakhstan's capital is the latest in a long line of diplomatic initiatives aimed at ending the nearly 6-year-old civil war. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

The Latest: US welcomes attempt to reduce violence in Syria

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Mohammed Alloush, center, head of a Syrian opposition delegation, and other members attend talks on Syrian peace in Astana, Kazakhstan, Monday, Jan. 23, 2017. The talks are the latest attempt to forge a political settlement to end a war that has by most estimates killed more than 400,000 people since March 2011 and displaced more than half the country's population. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

Syria’s motley crew of fighters now at negotiating table

By SARAH EL DEEB - Associated Press

In this Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017, photo, youths climb on the rubble of the collapsed minaret at the heavily damaged Great Mosque of Aleppo, in the Old City of Aleppo, Syria. The mosque, also known as the Umayyad Mosque, a centuries-old treasure at the heart of one of the world’s oldest cities, is today a grim monument to the ravages of Syria’s war. The doors have been blasted away, the walls have been shredded by bullets, and the minaret where the Muslim call to prayer sounded for 900 years has been toppled and shattered. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Syria talks focused on cease-fire get underway in Kazakhstan

By Philip Issa - Associated Press

UN rights chief: Investigate Philippine leader for killings

By JIM GOMEZ - Associated Press

A May 31, 2007, file photo shows a view of the Large Hadron Collider in its tunnel at the European Particle Physics Laboratory, CERN, near Geneva, Switzerland. It's one of the physics world's most complex machines, and it has been immobilized "temporarily" by a weasel. (Martial Trezzini/Keystone via AP, File)

CERN’s Large Hadron Collider on standby after weasel gnaws on power cable

By Maria Stainer - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Friday, March 4, 2016 file photo, Russian fighter jets and bombers are parked at Hemeimeem air base in Syria. Russian warplanes have mostly stayed on the ground since the Russian- and U.S.-brokered cease-fire has begun last weekend. Russia's defense ministry said Tuesday, March 15, 2016, that the first group of warplanes stationed at the Russian air base in Syria has left for home following a pullout order from President Vladimir Putin. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, File)

Bob Corker, key GOP lawmaker: Syria cease-fire is ‘dead’

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

U.S. President Barack Obama gestures during a press conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Thursday, April 21, 2016. Obama met with Saudi King Salman and attended a meeting of Gulf Arab heads of state of the six Gulf Cooperation Council countries during his two-day visit to the kingdom. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)

Problems mount for Obama in Syria, Iraq

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

A Syrian army soldier rides his bike on a street in the Palmyra town in the central Homs province, Syria, Thursday, April 14, 2016. Russian combat engineers arrived in Syria on a mission to clear mines in Palmyra, which has been recaptured from Islamic State militants in an offensive that has proven Russia&#8217;s military might in Syria despite a drawdown of its warplanes. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Syrian government team joins Geneva talks amid Aleppo fighting

By Philip Issa - Associated Press

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a campaign stop, Wednesday, March 30, 2016, in Appleton, Wis. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Donald Trump: Geneva Conventions is ‘the problem,’ makes U.S. soldiers ‘afraid to fight’

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times